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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
Wikipedia edits are immediate and I'm not sure why "wiki needs to change that fast." It's always been the case that edits are immediate and I don't see that changing anytime soon. The IP of the source of edits is logged (in the occasional instance that information is needed) and changes can just as easily be reverted. If a page gets too many edits in a short period of time, going back and forth between information, etc, then editing it may be limited to only registered users of wikipedia, or even locked to remove the ability to edit the page entirely.
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I just think if Wiki lets anyone edit "immediate changes", all of a sudden you can have all kinds of problems with people putting hateful, non truths and just basically putting whatever they want fact or fiction in someone's entry. And who edits the edits to make sure what is put on is truth?
Say Secret Method has an entry, are you going to look at it 24/7? Then say you piss someone off or someone randomly picks your name and just puts all kinds of shit there, who stops them? Who checks to see if it's indeed factual and not slanderous?
Yes, changes I'm sure can be reverted but what if it takes days before SecretMethod sees the hateful, hurtful, slanderous entries someone made on his page and he gets it taken off? How many saw it, believed those things to be true and now SecretMethod's name may be damaged beyond repair.
Or how do they keep people from just posting ads on entries? Knowing all this has truly hurt my opinion and how I look at Wiki. Perhaps they aren't as good a reference as I thought.
Back on topic: Thanks FoolThemAll for the article.